Scarlet Love

|20| The saga of them.

Fayth looked upon Nolan and nodded.
Was she too quick to judge him?

Eventually, they both reached their destination, her dorm.

When they both entered the room,
As always Marley was not there-
Everyone in the academy knows, just how much of party girl Marley is.

"How many times do I have to tell this girl to not wander after curfew" Nolan muttered to himself.

Fayth nudged Nolan, to which he looked down at her innocently.

Fayth rolls her eyes toward the floor.
Nolan looks at the floor- and then fayth- scrunched his eyebrows in confusion.

Fayth shakes her head at him., And smiles.
"Put me down. Nolan"

"Oh, but I don't want toooo," Nolan says in childish voice with a perfect pout toward fayth.

Fayth narrows her eyes again at him-

"Okay- okay, I'm doing it." Nolan puts fayth on the floor gently. But didn't remove his arm from her forearm and helps her to sit on the bed.

There is no doubt on how much grateful fayth is- to Nolan.
For everything, he has done today.
But she knows that she can't tell Nolan the reason behind her actions of earlier.
That person- whoever he was- stood clearly as Nolan's friend.
She didn't want to create more misunderstanding than already exists.

So, what lies are you going say, this time? Fayth's subconscious mocked her.

Nothing big.
She replied.

Liars, liars pants or skirts or thongs on fireeee-
Fayth cut off her inner voice abruptly and scowled.

"Fayth?" Nolan's uneasy voice caught her.

She just noticed how close he was to her. There was just a hand distance between them, as he sat in front of her on chair. She felt something, but not a bad feeling. She felt comfortable with him here.

Fayth nodded"Oh, yes. Did you said something?"

"Are you okay?" Nolan asked and gives her a glass of water.

"Yupp, perfectly fine." fayth replied to which Nolan gives her the no-BS look.

"Nolan" fayth starts- "Thank you so much for all the things today, I mean it."

"It's nothing. And no- I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what happened there?"
This time Nolan's voice was sharp.
Leaving no room for arguments.

Fayth closes her eyes and opened them again.
As if to think if her lie would work?
Then she starts...

*After 15 minutes.*

"No way!" Nolan exclaimed.

"Yes way." Fayth gulped.

"I mean...like really that happened?"

"Yup, it is what it is."

Nolan's face looked like he just had heard that aliens are real and their favourite food is human intestines.

"I can't believe this!" He sighs.

"If it hadn't happened to me, I would not believe it too."

Fayth looked at Nolan.
She was feeling guilty, lying to him.
But she knows that doing this is right.
Getting Nolan more mixed up than he already is, was a risk. That she doesn't want to take.

Nolan shakes his head and fayth's heart dropped.

Did he didn't believed her?
Why? What fayth had said was sure filmy but it could happen!
Now, what she will do?
Does she have to make another lie?